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I don't know whether they ever used silver chloride at Alum Bay and a snapped off pontil mark would be a new feature for MDG (as far as I can remember). The bluey-grey sort of colour mixed in with the browns may also be a pointer but I know not where.

The only reason that I haven't replied on this one is that I have nothing to add to what John has already said. IMO not IOW or Mdina, unlikely MDG. You may have to look at a completely different area but as my field is primarily early Mdina and IOWSG I'm not much use in giving any help as to where else to look.

Thanks for sticking with it John, really bugging me this piece I would normally just pass it on to a friend or maybe list it as unknown but with this I just have a gut feeling it's something good and it's got under my skin.Maybe a member of both could link it to the IoW board for me? if only to cancel it out?Would be good to get Mark Hill to take a look and of course a couple of leading lights on here who are not usually slow to offer an opinion are conspicuous by their absence but I ain't going to beg Presumed it is clear cased but oddly enough noticed when taking the outdoor photos the pontil mark is clear glass ?

Chris I'm probably going to be proved wrong but I also had an Alum bay pot with the same type curved inwards base, the cracked of pontil mark and the clear see through pontil scar.I'm going to try and find some pics.

Just performed the water test Jp told me about years ago how to tell if an item is cased or not and it is definitely cased.m steering away from Alum Bay, not because I 'want' it to be something else but seen a lot of their stuff and seen nothing similar in style shape or colouring have sent them some photos but reply has yet.Maybe one of the other companies on Malta or could even be a studio has Christine suggested but again not marked.What about the colours and shape does that 'shout' out anything? or does everything just hinge on the base, can only speak really on Whitefriars has I have sold and handled thousands of pieces over the years and quite a few of these had a base you would not expect to see purely because they were either trial pieces or were put to one side after being taken of the pontil rod to be 'stolen' at the end of the and either kept for themselves or sold on in the pub.